## NewsBits
The Electronics Recycling Coordination Clearinghouse has launched a new **online tool allowing manufacturers to register for multiple state recycling programs** at once. By visiting [eCycleRegistration.org](http://www.ecycleregistration.org/), manufacturers can fulfill their registration requirements for the Connecticut, Hawaii, Oregon and Maine e-cycling programs.
**Kenya's National Environment Management Authority** has [announced](http://allafrica.com/stories/201211170118.html) plans to **build an electronics recycling facility** to accommodate the inflow of e-scrap into the country. Reportedly, Kenya has seen a dramatic rise in stockpiling of scrap consumer electronics, mobile devices and electrical appliances.
**Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania** has begun selling "[Good-to-Go](http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/2971623-74/goodwill-computers-computer-tobiczyk-donations-electronic-pennsylvania-recycling-restart-sold#axzz2Cmruzs7r)" computers again. Each Good-to-Go system sells for approximately $200 and includes a refurbished Dell Optiplex desktop, Windows 7 Home Premium operating system, LCD monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers. The program was originally suspended due to overwhelming demand.
Greene Lyon Group, Inc. has sold its stake in a **printed circuit board recycling co-venture** to its partner company ATMI, Inc. The [process](http://www.atmi-evolv.com/) recovers rare earth metals from circuit board scrap. Greene Lyon says it plans to refocus its resources on material recovery technologies for other types of e-scrap, including CRTs.
An investigative article in [_Mother Jones_](http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2012/11/rare-earth-elements-iphone-malaysia) exposes the **environmental consequences of rare earth mining**. Rare earth metals are essential to the manufacture of some electronics components, but their mining produces many environmentally-harmful, and sometimes radioactive, byproducts.
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